Inhaler.



E. P. PHILBROOK. INHALER. APPLICATMN FILED SBF120, 1907.

902,832. Patented N0v.3,1908.

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UNITED STATES vEINVARD l". llllLllltOOK, OF CHICAGO, lllLlNOIS.

INHALER.

Application filed September 2U, 1907.

To at! 'cli/om fit nary Concern:

le it known that l, Enivnno F. Pini.- lanoosa. a citizen of the United States. residing; ai tlhicago, in the county of @ook and State of illinois` have invented certain new and useful improvements in inhalers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain ne and useful improvements in a device that is desig :ed to facilitate the inhalation of medicated vapors or volatile substances for the eure or alleviation of various diseases of the mucous membranes of the air passages or tracts or respiratory system such as catarrhal afections, hay-fever and other nasal and throat diseases and the like, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the con struction, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as Will be hercinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an inhaler of the above named character, which shall be simple and efficient in operation, inexpensive, and of such size, shape, material and Construction as to adapt it to be conveniently carried in the pocket Without danger of being broken or leaking its contents.

Another object is to so construct the des vice that it may be readily charged With a desired medicament in the pro-per or prescribed proportions, and so that a chamber Will be furnished for the medicated air or vapors.

A still further object is to so make the device that it may be used for treating the air tracts of the head as Well as for administering treatment to the throat and lungs. Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined explanation and description.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to Which my invention pertains, to make and use the same l Will noW proceed to describe it referring to the accompanying' drawing-in whichM Figure 1 is a perspective vievv of the device with the cover or top portion of the casing removed showing one manner of its application or use. Fig. 2 is a perspective vieiv of the complete device showing the parts of the easing in their normal positionsg-and Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the inspirator or inhaler With the upper portion of the ca sing omitted.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 393,821.

Lilie numerals ot reference refer to eorrespending parts throughout the different vlews of the drawing.

The reference numeral 5 designates the i' reservoir or lower portion of the easing, which is reduced at the upper part of its perimeter as at G, to receive the removable rover or upper portion T of the casing, which latter part as well as the part 5 may be made of any suitable size. form and ma terial, but preferably of hard rubber and of a flattened or oblong shape in cross-section, and of a suitable size to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user. The reservoir portion of the easing is provided in its upper end With a screw-threaded opening 8, which is preferably surrounded by a boss or reinforced part t) on the inner or lower surface of the upper end of the reservoir 5. Fitted in the opening 8 is an aper tured and externally screw-threaded plug 10, which is provided at its upper or free end with a spherical enlargement 11, to engage the lower end of a iieXible tube 12, the upper end of which engages a similar enlargement 13 on the lower end of a nasal. piece or nip ple 1st, which is provided with a channel or opening 15 for the passage of the vapor from the reservoir 5 into one of the nostrils of the patient or user.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, the opening S in which the screw plug 10 is located, is of considerable size and is situated near one corner of the upper end of the reservoir or portion 5 of the easing, thus, permitting cotton 1G or other suitable absorbent material being placed in the reservoir 5 and also permitting the said mate-- rial being saturated with the desired medicament Which may be dropped on the eotton or material 16 through the opening 8 While the screw plug 10 is removed there from. The upper end of the reservoir 5 is provided near the corner opposite that in which the opening 8 is formed, With a channeled mouthpiece 17 which is preferably curved outwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, and has a tubular extension 18 projecting from the top of the reservoir 5 to near the bottom thereof. The lower end of the extension 18 is preferably bent towards the edge Wall of the reservoir 5 farthest from the said extension so as to direct the current of air forced through the mouth piece 17 and extension 18 under and then up through the impregnated material 1G and out through the channels of the screw-plug 1U, flexible tube 12 and nasal tip 15.

By reference to Fig. of the drawing it will be seen and understood that the extension 18 of the mouth piece 17 is located some distance from the edge wall 19 of the reservoir, thus providing a chamber 2t), in which the impregnated air o1' medical vapor will be confined to a more or less yextent until air is forced through the mouth piece and extension 1S, when it will mingle therewith and pass up through the absorbent material 16 and out through the nasal tip.

It will be observed by reference to F ig. 3 that the mouth piece 17 and extension 18 are formed integral with one another, as well as integral with the reservoir portion 5 of the casing. But l do not desire to be limited to this construction as it is obvious that I may make them of separate pieces.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it will be seen and readily understood that a very convenient and e1- ficient device for administering vapors to the air tracts is aii'orded by my invention and that when it is desired to use the device for treating the air passages of the head that the mouth piece 17 may be placed between the lips and at the same time the nasal tip may be placed in one of the nostrils while the other nostril may be closed by the finger. When in this position by blowing gently through the mouth piece 17 and gradually increasing the force, it is apparent that the vapor will be forced into the air passages of the head through the nostrils. Then it is desired to treat the throat and lungs the nasal tip should be withdrawn from the nostril, when by drawing the vapor through the mouth piece it may be caused t0 pass through the throat into the lungs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isw

1. An inhaler composed of a casing hav ing the upper part of its perimeter reduced, a removable cover titting over said reduced upper part, the top of said casing havingr a screw-threaded opening therein, an apertured plug threaded into said opening, a spherical enlargement at the upper end of said plug, a flexible tube having one end sev cured over said spherical enlargement, a nipple having a spherical enlargement at its lower end secured to the other end of said ieXible tube, a channeled mouth piece curved outwardly and secured to the top of said Casing, and a. tubular extension on the bottom of said casing top having its lower end curved and extending in a direction opposite to that of the curved part ofthe mouth piece, there being a slight space between the casing bottom and the lower end of said tubular extension, said tubular extension serving to divide said casing into two chambers, and a mass of absorbent material in one of said chambers engaged by said tubular extension.

2. An inhaler composed of a` casing having a nasal piece connected to the top thereof, a mouth piece on the top of said casing, an extension on the under face of the casing top, a continuous hole extending through said mouth piece, said casing top, and said extension, a mass of absorbent material in said casing between said extension one end and two of the side walls of the casing, said extension being spaced from the other end Wall of the casing and having its lower end curved inwardly to direct the air horizontally into said absorbent material, said extension also serving as a partition to provide a mixing chamber.

EDWARD F. PHILBROK. Witnesses CHAS. C. TILLMAN, E. M. LINDHOLM. 

